I Ask Inga von Staden: What IS Transmedia?
The term “transmedia” seems to have originated in 1991 with Marsha Kinder, the critical studies dynamo of USC’s cinema school. When I was at USC, cinema students were divided into…
articles on tools used to make films/tv/games/pictures
The V&A’s Decode, Dreaming The Future Of Digital Media
(originally printed in Videography magazine, Feb. 2010) London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, generally acknowledged as the world’s largest institution of decorative arts and design, was founded by Queen Victoria in…
South Pacific: 1000 Islands, 1000 Challenges
The BBC’s South Pacific – 1000 Islands, 1000 Challenges By Neal Romanek (as printed in the July 2009 edition of TVBEurope) “South Pacific” (2009) is the latest attempt by the…
Solving 3D Headaches
(printed in April 2009 TVBEurope as Solving 3D Headaches: Matt Brennesholtz Helps Negotiate A Challenging 3D Future) “I love watching 3D, it’s just that after 10 minutes I have a…
Mogulus & the Post-YouTube Era
Mogulus and the Post-YouTube Era By Neal Romanek (as originally printed in TVBEurope, Dec. 2008) (NOTE: Since the publication of this article, Mogulus has changed its name to Livestream) Internet…
“Stereoscopic” is the New “3D”: Axis Films 3D Tech Showcase
"Stereoscopic" Is The New "3D": Axis Films' 3D Technology Showcase at Shepperton by Neal Romanek (as printed in March 2008 TVBEurope) Last year, Axis Films co-sponsored a set of HD camera…
Flying High with Wim Robberechts & Co.
"Flying High with Wim Robberechts & Co.: The Apex of Aerial Photography in Europe"by Neal RomanekWhen the trans-channel ferry, Herald Of Free Enterprise, capsized in March 1987, a Belgian photographer working with…
Shepperton 3D!!!
It really is a long walk from Shepperton rail station to the Shepperton studio lot. And a dangerous one too, apparently (see above street sign).I went out there on Saturday…
Sounds Of Nature: Part II
THE SOUNDS OF NATURE, PART II: Sound Editing in Nature Docs: The Second Narrator by Neal Romanek (as printed in the October 2007 edition of TVBEurope) If the nature documentary…
Sounds Of Nature: Part I
THE SOUNDS OF NATURE, PART I: How BBC Natural History Producers Use Sound Design To Make The Real World Sound Real (as printed in the September 2007 edition of TVBEurope)…